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I'm new to the forum, and I recently purchased a 98 tahoe 2door. Love the truck, but need some advice on setting it up. After I bought it I wanted to get mechanically in order, so I took it to my family mechanic. They replaced a ball joint, tie rod, sway bar connectors, pitman arm, stabilzer arm and a cv shaft. The back sat to low, so I had them install 2.5 inch rear lift blocks (guessing how much I might need). These are some pics of the current set up.
I need shocks all around and and an alignment, but want to get the suspension set first. I like how it sits, but a bit much rake perhaps? I think I'm almost at 2.5 inch rake, and actually want 2 inch. I was previously measuring ground to bottom of wheel well front and back. I didn't realize the rear wheel well is an inch lower than the front by design of the body, so now I'm adding an inch to the rear measurement. Hope that sounds right. I'm also learning about the torsion bars and I'm not sure if this is to much crank put on by the previous owner?
I'm wondering if I really should un-crank the front end a bit and drop down to 1.5 inch blocks? I like the height now, but don't want to ruin the front end either.
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I need shocks all around and and an alignment, but want to get the suspension set first. I like how it sits, but a bit much rake perhaps? I think I'm almost at 2.5 inch rake, and actually want 2 inch. I was previously measuring ground to bottom of wheel well front and back. I didn't realize the rear wheel well is an inch lower than the front by design of the body, so now I'm adding an inch to the rear measurement. Hope that sounds right. I'm also learning about the torsion bars and I'm not sure if this is to much crank put on by the previous owner?
I'm wondering if I really should un-crank the front end a bit and drop down to 1.5 inch blocks? I like the height now, but don't want to ruin the front end either.